For the price, the Heart of Chicago is an OUTSTANDING motel. Any complaints I might have -- noisy A/C, slightly cramped shower -- are so small that they are far outweighed by the positives.

In a neighborhood where home properties are going for $600,000 to $1.5 million, finding a motel for $110 a night is amazing!

The motel lies in the northern part of the Andersonville neighborhood, which is undergoing a revival at the moment. It's a vibrant place populated simultaneously by multi-generation families, 100-year-old hardware stores, and Swedish bakeries, alongside new clothing boutiques, gourmet bistros, and gay & lesbian book stores. It's a fantastic neighborhood.

The Heart of Chicago also sits right on the #84 (Peterson) bus route, which will take you directly to the Bryn Mawr Red Line stop in about five minutes. I bought a 7-day unlimited use CTA pass and used it constantly. Downtown, Wrigley, the Navy Pier, the Museum Campus, O'Hare and Midway ... there isn't anywhere in the city that you can't get to with a CTA pass!

And the food! Holey moley! The motel lies within a short five to 15 min. walk of Thai, Mexican, Turkish, Swedish, Chinese, Polish, and American restaurants. There's also a White Castle about 50 yards from the motel for those late-night cravings!

Love Chicago. Loved the Heart of Chicago.

Please glance at the six photos I included. They should give you a good feel for the motel and Andersonville.

'Nuff said.

I was supposed to stay here in June 2008, but could not get to Chiacgo because of the summer floods. My transportation was cut off. I called Expedia to cancel my reservation, who contacted the hotel. The hotel told them they would not refund us the money. We had to pay 100% of the room we never stayed in. I have never been to Chicago and was really looking forward to the trip. This was not up to me. If I could have I would have been there!! Where I come from, when there is a natural disaster, people come together and help each other out! This kind of behavior is inexcusable!! I don;t know how these people can sleep at night! Not only did they take my money, but they probably rented the room out out someone else!! So, unless you can afford to throw away over $100, be careful about reserving a room here...you never know what's going to happen....FYI, Expedia felt so bad about it, they gave us a $50 credit. They were very good to deal with and I highly recommend them!!

The Heart O'Chicago is a very basic, OK-located northside Chicago motel at a reasonable price.

I was fairly happy with my stay until a large amount of change (which added up to a reasonable amount of money) was blatantly stolen from my room by housekeeping. I notified management who said it was none of their business and to bring it up with housekeeping myself the next day. What an unbelivably rude and inappropriate attitude!

It's not the money itself that bothers me but the fact that housekeeping knows they can get away with violating your personal space by taking what they want from your property because management obviously doesn't care if they do so.

I don't care how cheap a motel is, this kind of behaviour is just unacceptable. Only stay here if you have everything, including your loose change, under lock and key and/or want to be treated like a sucker.

Very good for the money. Old but very clean. I would stay there again.